Texas Wildflowers: Saururus cernuus, Lizard’s tail

This plant is one of my favorite wetland plants. They offer beautiful texture to the marsh and smell pretty good, too! A wetland plant, they are a perennial and range to approximately 2′ in height. Lizard’s tail is native to much of the U.S. and can be found in freshwater to brackish marshes. The plant mainly spreads by rhizomes so it would be easy to divide and spread in a garden. Apparently in Connecticut and Rhode Island the plant is considered endangered!

More information:
+Missouri Plants information
+USDA page
+Wildflower.org
+Connecticut Botanical Society
+Pond Megastore potential place to buy it for your garden.
+Water Garden.org another potential place to buy the plant.